Albert Vidalie
| Albert Vidalie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 August 1882 Châtillon |
| Died | 27 April 1930 (aged 47) Paris |
| Occupation | Novelist Screenwriter Songwriter |
Albert Vidalie (25 May 1913 – 8 June 1971) was a French writer, screenwriter, and songwriter.
Vidalie was the son of Jeanne Deshayes, a stitcher, born à La Ville-du-Bois in the Hurepoix and Jean-Baptiste Vidalie, a printing worker, born in Mauriac, Cantal. He married Madeleine Constantin in 1936, with whom he had three daughters, Colette (1937), Danièle (1946-1948) and Isabelle (1951).
From the age of 12 he made small trades until the 39/45 war during which he was held prisoner 5 years in Neusalz on Oder in Silesia. After the war, the Radiodiffusion française sought memories and poems of prisoners. He introduced himself and thanks to two poems in slang language, he became assistant of radio series and wrote scenarios and adaptations put on air.
He also worked as a journalist for the newspaper France Dimanche.
Between 1952 and 1968, he published 9 novels and short stories.
He also attended the post-war Saint-Germain-des-Prés, his friends were Roger Nimier, Kléber Haedens, Paul Guimard, and of course Antoine Blondin, the godfather of his daughters. He was also close to Pierre Mac Orlan, Jean Giono, Georges Arnaud etc.
He wrote cabaret shows played at the cabaret de la Rose Rouge, the Théâtre La Bruyère, at the Fontaine des 4 saisons, a cabaret directed by Pierre Prévert and wrote screenplays and dialogues for the cinema, adaptations or original texts.
He was a lyricist of songs whose best known was Les loups sont entrés dans Paris created by Serge Reggiani in 1967.
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